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Meal families

Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Vegetable pannequet with fresh herbs

Pannequet: pancake filled with a salty or sweet preparation.

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Desserts

Apple cinnamon turban

Turban : dish presented in a crown shape.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops skewers with lemon sauce

Lemon sauce: lemon, olive oil.

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Sea fish

Whole roasted turbot with black truffle juice

Gutted and cooked whole fish (not in fillet).
Truffle juice: juice obtained during sterilization of the truffle.

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Cheeses

Carré de l’Est

France. Lorraine.
Soft-ripened pasteurized or raw cow's milk cheese with mould on the rind.

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Main meals

Lorraine style potée

Soup with slices of toasted bread and vegetables covered with pork.

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Cheeses

Gouda Holland

Netherlands.
Semi-soft whole cow's milk.

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Main meals

Poutine

Canada. Quebec.
French fries and cheddar curds topped with a brown sauce.
Demi-glace (brown sauce) : reduced sauce made from a brown stock and tomato puree.

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Desserts

Whippet

Cake in shape of a sphere made of two meringues welded with chocolate buttercream and covered with chocolate chips.

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Pork

American pork spare ribs

American : BBQ sauce with paprika.

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Desserts

Banana and chocolate crumble

Crumble : cake composed of a layer of fruit, vegetables, meat, etc, covered with a crumbly mixture of flour and butter and sugar baked until the topping is crisp.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallop carpaccio with lemon

Carpaccio : very thin slices with a dash of lemon and olive oil.

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Sheep and Goats

Lamb with red wine sauce

Red wine sauce : sauce of veal stock and red wine mixed with butter, shallots, bay leaf, pepper and thyme.

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Game animals

Jugged hare a la royale

Civet cooked in a red wine sauce with garlic and shallot before being bound in blood.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Pan seared shrimp

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Sea fish

Pan seared salmon

Darne : cross-section of one inch in thickness, including the backbone.

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